| Congrat's Grampa Neal!! |
| Tue. Mar 2nd 2010 |
Harris "Bud" Neal is a grandpa - again!! Congratulations to his daughter Laura and her husband Tim on the birth of their son Aiden.
Aiden was born this morning at 12:38 and weight 8 lbs 1 oz. Both mom and baby are doing well.
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! &n...
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| HOMELAND SECURITY AND FIREFIGHTERS |
| Tue. Mar 2nd 2010 |
Check out this EXCELLENT new site put together by noted experts and lead by FDNY's Dennis Smith: www.HomelandVoice.com .
Dennis recently launched this new website dedicated to homeland security. As Dennis wrote us: "The Firefighters and First Responders have a more than dangerous professi...
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| British Firefighter was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. |
| Tue. Mar 2nd 2010 |
In what may be perfect to help you further understand and gain perspective in just how normal and well your life is going, a British Firefighter was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Why? Some cows were "spooked" by the responding fire apparatus siren so ...
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| SC firefighter-medic fired over Facebook video post |
| Mon. Mar 1st 2010 |
Department Director calls the video derogatory and said Jason Brown had 'displayed poor judgment'
By FireRescue1 Staff
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. — A firefighter-paramedic has been fired over a video he posted on Facebook of an exchange between two cartoon characters at a hospital.
Live5News rep...
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| Power Lines Down - Flanders Road Closed |
| Fri. Feb 26th 2010 |
At approximately 6:00am Lt. Ryan Murphy was on his way to work in Meriden when the transformer and power lines at the intersection of Flanders Road and Elephant Rock Road started sparking and popping in front of him.
Lt. Murphy called into Woodbury Dispatch and reported the situation and requ...
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| CSB’s Investigation of the Catastrophic Accident at Kleen Energy, Middletown, Connecticut |
| Thu. Feb 25th 2010 |
Statement of CSB Investigations Supervisor Don Holmstrom
Embargoed Until 11:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Good morning I am CSB Lead Investigator Don Holmstrom; thank you for coming to this CSB news conference. The Chemical Safety Board is an independent...
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| Houston's 'Rules of Survival' offer take-home messages for every firefighter |
| Wed. Feb 24th 2010 |
By Tom LaBelle
About the author
Tom LaBelle currently serves as a Lt. with the Wynantskill, N.Y., Fire Department and is a third generation firefighter, first generation volunteer. He has been employed by the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs since 1995. Prior to joining...
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| Hotchkissville Annual Valentine's Day Pancake Breakfast |
| Sun. Feb 14th 2010 |
Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s that time of year again. The Hotchkissville Fire Company of the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department fired up the griddle and cooked pancakes all morning Sunday.
The bacon cookers showed up at 5 am to get ready to “make the bacon”. Th...
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| Structure Fire - Home filling with smoke |
| Thu. Feb 11th 2010 |
“Woodbury Fire to all units – possible structure fire, home filling with smoke.” The tone came in at approximately 12:41pm.
It was a cold, windy day and a light snow had been falling all morning. The weathermen had predicted a major winter storm but luckily it never happ...
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| Firefighting Is NOT Safe |
| Tue. Feb 9th 2010 |
Chris Collier
Brotherhood Instructors, LLC
Reducing firefighter injuries and fatalities is a worthwhile, necessary, and noble cause. I am a very motivated and positive person and enjoy setting high goals and expectations for myself, and the organizations I am associated with, but these g...
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